What a buyer sees
APS GROUP (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Edinburgh · SC369510
131staff · FY2023
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£207kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£30Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£230,456in the middle half
£45,518£151,784£486,559
Debtor daysdays22in the bottom quarter
1447102
Creditor daysdays11
92769
Stock daysdays4below almost all
62889
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 2
- The newest accounts on file are 43 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 2
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22 against 47 for the middle of 279 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 28 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2009
- 61since 2009
- 60since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-31 | £30M | 131 | £207k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£12M£27M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.